Carrousel



(No Model.) 6 Sheets-Sheet 1.

J. MOTT an J. Ji FEARON. GARROUSBL.

No. 496,889.' Patented May 9; 1893.

mii- V/////////////////////////////// l Tu: Naam: percui co, movauma..wAsHmmoN, n. c.

(No Model.) 6 Sheets--Sheet 2.

J.v MOTT 85 J. J. FEARON.

GARROUSEL.

No. 496,889. `Patented May 9, 189s.

l 6 Sheets-Sheet 3.v J. MOTT 8u J. FEARON.

(No Model.)

GARROUSEL.

Patented May 9, 1893.

Flam.

(N M d' 1.) o o e J' MOTT J. Jl FEARO-N. 6 Sheets Sheet 4 GARROUSEL.

No. 496,889. Patented Mag; 9, 189s.

le Y

(No Mode-1;) 6 Sheets-Sheet 5 J. MOTT & J. J. FEARON. GARROUSEL.

No. 498,889.Y Patented' May 9, 1898.

`('Noisdodel.)` l I 6 Sheef-Shveet 6.. 4 .LMOTT & J. J. FEARON;

GARROUSEL. No. 496,889. Patented May 9,1893.

"PNN v v.

T E Nonms PETERS co.. moro-uwe., wAs'HxNGToN D l:

UNITED STATES *PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN MOTT AND JAMES J. FEARON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CARROUSEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 496,889, dated May 9,1893.

Application filed October 15, 1891. Serial No. 408,808. (No model.)

and residents of Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,

have invented certain Improvements in Carrousels, of which the followingis a specificai tion.

- The object of our invention is to construct a carrousel of a moreattractive character than usual, and this object we attain in the mannerhereinafter set forth, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,in

which Figure 1, is a vertical section of a carrousel constructed inaccordance with our invention, the section being taken on the line w-w,Fig. 2. Fig. 2, is a sectional plan View on the line -x, Fig. l. Fig. 3,is an inverted plan view on the line (rj-y, Fig. 1. Fig. 4, is anenlarged vertical section of partof the structure. Fig. 5 is a diagramillustrating one of the features of the invention. Fig. 6, is asectional plan view illustrating the driving gearing. Fig. 7, is asectional plan viewvon the line .2z-z, Fig. 1, but on an enlarged scale.Figs. 8, 9, 10 and 11, are diagrams illustrating the operation of partof the apparatus; and Fig. 12 is a plan view illustrating modificationsof parts of the invention.

The carrousel has a lower platform 1 and an upper platform 2, the lowerplatform being caused to rotate in one direction, and the upper platformin the opposite direction,and said lower platform being slightlyelevated so as to provide, beneath the same, space for the fixedsupporting structure which carries the driving gearing. This iixedstructure comprises a base plate 3, an intermediate plate 4, and a topplate 5, and the lower platform 1 is carried by atubular shaft or sleeve6, which passes through the upper plate 5 and has a bearing upon thecentral plate 4, this bearing being preferably provided with rollers orballs to lessen the friction. The lower end of the tubular shaft 6 isprovided with a spur wheel y 7 which meshes with a spur wheel 8, turningon a fixed shaft or spindle 9, and said spur wheel 8 meshes inturn witha spur wheel 10 on a vertical shaft 11, which has another spur wheel 12,engaging with a pinion 13 on a vertical shaft 14, the latter having abevel wheel -15, meshing withY a bevel pinion 16 on the driving shaft17, which extends laterally to Y any desiredpoint at which power can beapplied to it.

Within the tubular shaft 6 is a stationary tube 18 secured at its lowerend to the central plate 4 of the fixed base structure and projectingsome distance above the lower platform 1, and within this stationarytube is a 6o tubular shaft 19 which passes through the central plate 4of the fixed base structure and has a bearing upon the bottom plate 3ofsaid structure, said tubular shaft 19 carrying, at its upper end, theupper platform 2 and hav- 65 ing, at its lower end, a spur wheel 20,which meshes with the spur-wheel 12.

Extending from the base plate 3 up through the' tubular shaft 19 is astationary rod 2lV and mounted upon the top of this rod is acap 7o 22,free to turn on the rod. From the cap 22 to the upper platform 2 extenda series of guys or braces 23, which aid in the support of said upperplatform.

Secured to and rotating with the lower plat- 7 5 form, adjacent to theouter edge of the same, in the usual manner, are a series of gures 25,and depending from the upper platform 2 at the inner portion of the sameare a series of 'figures 26, so that the'outer series of figures 8otravel in one direction in a path concentric with the axis of rotationof the platform 1, while the inner series travel in the oppositedirection, in a path likewise concentric with the axis of rotation ofthe platform 2.

Between the inner and outer series of figures are two intermediateseries,lone comprising figures 27 and the other comprising iigures 28,and these not only have movements .of rotation, around the axis, butalso radial 9o movements from and toward said axis of rotation, theseries of figures 27 being carried by the lower platform and movingaround the axis'in one direction, While the series of figures 28 iscarriedby the upper platform and 95 moved around the axis in theopposite direction.

The effect of the combined rotatingand radial movement imparted to thefigures 27 and 28 is to cause each of the same to travel in an Icoelliptical, or, to be more exact, aheartshaped path eccentric in respectto the axisof rotation of the platforms, these eccentric paths beingillustrated in Fig. 5, on reference to ,from the axis of rotation, butowing to the fact .that the figures 27 and 28 travel in oppositedirections, their actual speed is to the riders apparently doubled, andbecause of the varying speed, the doubling of the speed and the crossingof the paths of the figures, the

ride is rendered much more attractive than a ride upon an ordinarycarrousel in which all of the figures rotate in the same direction andin concentric paths.

The means for imparting radial movement to the figures 27 and 28, asthey are carried around by their respective platforms, is shown in Figs.1, 3, 8, 9, l0 and 11, on reference to which it will be observed thateach figure 28 is carried by arod 30 passing through a radial slot 3l inthe upper platform, and each of the figures 27 is carried by a rod 32passing through a radial slot 33 in the lower platform.

The means adapted for effecting the radial movement of the figures ofboth the upper and lower platforms is the same, hence we will describeparticularly only the mechanism used in connection with the lowerplatform and shown in Fig. 3.

Each rod 32 is secured to a truck 34 which has rollers running upon arail 35 suitably supported beneath the platform 1, there being,

f in the present instance, in each series of fign ures 27 or 28, sixfigures arranged in pairs,

the figures of each pair being diametrically opposite and the six guresof the series being located equi-distantly so that they follow sixequi-distant radial paths.

The trucks 34 of two opposite figures of one pair of the series areconnected to the opposite bars 36 and 37 of a frame which has at thecenter a cruciform lslot comprising two right angled portions 38and 39,the portion 38 receiving the central axial shaft or sleeve 6 of theplatform 1, and the portion 39 receiving anti-friction rollers 40carried by a pivoted block 41, which is hung to the upper plate 5 of thefixed base structure. In the case of the upper platform the block 4l ishung to an arm 42 projecting from the centrai fixed rod 21 and the slot38 receives said rod.

As the slotted frame is caused to rotate with the platform and as theblock 41 always occupies a fixed distance radially from the axis ofrotation of said platform, said slotted frame is caused to move radiallyas it is rotated; for instance, when the frame is at one extreme of itsmovement, as shown in Fig. 8, the central shaft 6 is at one end of theslot 38, and the block 41 occupies a position at the inter-section ofthe two slots 38 and 39, but as the frame rotates in the direction ofthe arrow a, the engagement of the slot 39 with the rollers of the block4l causes said frame to move in the direction of the arrow b, until, bythe time one-eighth of a rotation has been completed, the central shaft6, occupies a position midway between the end and the center of the slot38, as shown in Fig. 9, and, by the time three-eighths of a rotation hasbeen made, the shaft 6, occupies a position between the center and theopposite end of the slot 38, as shown in Fig. 10, a half rotationbringing the frame to the position shown in Fig. 11, that is to say, toa position the reverse of that shown in Fig. 8, so that the effect ofthis half rotation has been to cause the figure at one end of the frameto pass from the outer to the inner. end of its slot in the platform,while the figure atl the opposite end has passed from the inner'to theouter end of its slot. On the next half turn the positions are againreversed, each figure being caused to re-traverse its slot to the pointof starting, so that on each rotatingmovement of the platform there is acomplete inward and outward, or outward and inward reciprocation of thefigures 27 or 28 carried thereby.

Various means may be adopted for transmittingthe movement of thosefigures which are positively actuated by the reciprocating frame to theremaining gures of the series, the means which we prefer for the purposebeing levers 45 hung to the platform 1 and engaging with the arms 36 and37 of the reciprocating frame and alsowith arms upon the trucks 34 ofthe figures upon each side, as shown in Fig. 3. Another effectivemeansfor the purpose, however, is that represented in Fig. 12, in whichthe various trucks 34 are connected by a cord 46 passing over pulleys 47situated on the platform 1 at the inner and outer ends of the slotstherein and over intermediate pulleys 48 on the said platform, so thatthe motion imparted to the positively actuated trucks by thereciprocating frame is transmitted through the cord to the trucks oneach side. I

In order to prevent swaying of the dependng rods 30 which carry theseries of figures 27, we provide each of said rods with a radial bracewhich is enlarged and slotted at the inner end so as to embracethe shaft19, which carries the upper platform, theenlarged inner ends of saidbrace rods being preferably curved and pointed as shown in Fig. 7, sothat,

`as they are advanced and retracted, a starshaped figure will be formedthereby, as shown by dotted lines.

Carried by the fixed shaft 18, which projects above the lower platform 1of the structure, is the basin 61 of a fountain,and the jets 62 of thisfountain are supplied by a pipe 63 passing up between the shaft 18 andthe shaft 19, which carries the upper platform, as shown in Fig.,4, andthrough the space between these two shafts also passes a pipe 64 forconveying gas to a chandelier 65 at the upper end of said shaft 18, sothat-the foun- IOO IZO

tain and chandelier are stationary, while ther "vision for any sucharrangement.

It will be observed that the pair of figures connected to the arms 36and 37 of the actuating frame move together and thus constitute a unitin the series of figures which have aradial movement upon the rotatingplatform, and the four other radially moving gures of each platform arealso arranged in pairs, each pair moving together, and consequentlyconstituting a unitin the series and each of these units traverses in apath which is eccentric in respect to the axis of rotation of theplatform and is different from the path traveled by each of the otherunits of the series.

It should be understood that in the term figures, as used in thisspecification, is included any of the ordinary conveyances used upon thepresent forms of carrousels.

We are aware that it has been proposed to mount figures upon radial armsprojecting from a rotating head, and acted upon by cams which raise andlower the outer ends of the arms as-they are rotated, so as to cause thefigures to run in and out upon the arms by gravity, but our invention,even when used in connection With a single rotating platform, isdistinct from this in that the radial movement of the figures ispositive and not haphazard, as it must be when the movement of saidfigures is dependent wholly upon gravity.

Having thus described our invention, We claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent- 1. A carrousel having a rotating platform, a figureradially guided thereon, and means for imparting radial movement to saidfigure, said means comprising a frame connected to the figure androtating with the platform, said frame having a cruciform slot, oneportion of which receives the axial shaft and the other portion a guidelocated at a fixed distance from said shaft, substantially as specified.

2. A carrousel having a rotating platform, a series of figures rotatingtherewith and lguided so as to move radially from and toward the axis ofrotation of the platform, a frame directly connected to one or more ofthe figures of the series and rotating with the platform, said framehaving a cruciform slot, one portion of which receives the axial shaftand the other portion a guide located at a fixed distance from saidshaft, and means for transmitting the movement of the directly actuatedfigure or figures to the other figures of the series, substantially asspecified.

3. A carrousel having a rotating platform, a series of depending figuresrotating with said platform and having radial movement from and towardthe axis of rotation of the same, and slotted braces connected tothe'supports for said figures, andv embracing the axial shaft of theplatform, substantially as specified.

4. A carrousel having a rotating platform and a series of figuresrotating with said platform and having a radial movement from and towardthe axis of rotation of the same, means for directly moving one or moreof said figures in a radial direction and levers hung to the platformand connecting said directly actuated figure to other figures of theseries so as to cause simultaneous movement of the series of figures,substantially as specified.

5. A carrousel having a rotating platform with figure radially guidedthereon and means for causing radial movement of said figure, said meanscomprising a frame connected t0 the figure and rotating with theplatform, and havinga cruciform slot, one portion of which embraces theaxial shaft of the platform, and a pivoted block carrying anti-frictionrollers adapted to the other portion of the slot, substantially asspecified.

6. A carrousel having upper and lowerplatforms carried by rotatingshafts, one within the other, and a fixed shaft or casing interposedbetween the two rotating shafts and projecting above the outer rotatingshaft, said fixed shaft being provided with pipes for conveying fluid toobjects mounted'upo'n said fixed shaft, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN MOTT. JAMES J. FEARON. Vitnesses:

EUGENE ELTERICH, HARRY SMITH.

